Recruitment Agencies WA — Shortlists, Not CV Spam
Vetted shortlist within 7 days, anywhere in WA: screened, referenced and backed by a 90-day guarantee.
Get a quote Call 0477 567 567Western Australia is too big for a one-size approach, and the recruitment agencies WA employers rate are the ones that understand both the Perth office market and the regional and remote sites it supplies. TQN Personnel recruits permanent, contract and temp staff across the state, from Perth and the Peel to Bunbury and the Goldfields. We interview, test and reference every candidate, check WA licences and tickets at the source and brief people properly on rosters and travel, so your hires arrive ready. Browse the regions on our locations page.
Trusted by teams across Australia
- RCSA Member
- Fully Insured & Workers-Comp Covered
- Mining & Resources
- Defence & Marine
- Construction & Infrastructure
- Healthcare & Aged Care
- Professional & Office Support
From brief to shortlist
Brief us
Tell us the role, location and roster, whether it is a city job, a regional town role or a fly-in site position.
Search & screen
We search across our WA networks, interview candidates and verify qualifications, WA licences, tickets and right to work.
Vetted shortlist in 7 days
Within 7 days you have a short list of referenced candidates, with notes on location, roster preferences and availability.
90-day guarantee
If a permanent hire leaves or underperforms within 90 days, we recruit a replacement at no cost.
Why TQN Personnel
Recruiting in WA means planning for distance. A candidate who looks perfect on paper can fall over at the first mention of a two-week swing, a camp room or a move to the South West. We raise those points in the first conversation, not the last, and we match people to places they will actually stay. Employers who hire across more than one region get one point of contact and one set of terms, whether the role sits in a Perth tower, a Rockingham workshop or a Goldfields processing plant. We are RCSA members, fully insured, and every permanent placement carries our 90-day guarantee.
Roles We Place Across WA
- Mining engineers, geologists and maintenance planners
- Heavy diesel fitters, electricians and other licensed trades
- Project, site and construction managers
- Registered nurses, carers and allied health staff
- Defence and marine trades and technicians
- Accountants, payroll and finance officers
- HR, safety and training advisers
- Administration and office support staff
Credentials & checks we verify for WA recruitment
- Right to work, confirmed through VEVO
- WorkSafe WA high risk work licences, such as forklift, dogging, rigging and crane classes
- Mining site inductions, pre-employment medicals and drug and alcohol clearances where a site requires them
- AHPRA registration, NDIS Worker Screening or aged care police certificates for health and care roles
- WA Working with Children Check for roles involving children
- Phone references with recent direct supervisors
Hiring demand across Western Australia
Resources set the baseline: Geoscience Australia data shows WA produced 99% of Australia's iron ore in 2018, and Jobs and Skills Australia says mining employment is concentrated in WA and Queensland, mostly at regional and remote sites such as the Pilbara. On top of the resources base, port, defence and hospital projects are adding long-running demand for engineers, trades and health staff.
Westport
State program to shift container trade from Fremantle to a new port in Kwinana; in planning, with major civil, marine and logistics work expected once construction starts.
source ↗HMAS Stirling expansion (AUKUS)
Commonwealth investment in Fleet Base West at Garden Island to support submarine visits and future nuclear-powered submarines, drawing on WA trades and engineering talent.
source ↗New Mandurah Hospital
New hospital for the Peel region delivered through the WA Government's Building Hospitals Fund, adding construction work and future clinical and support jobs.
source ↗Where we recruit
Recruitment licensing & compliance
Permanent placements are not labour hire: your new hire is your employee from day one. Temps and contractors stay on TQN Personnel's payroll, with super and workers compensation covered by us. Western Australia has no labour hire licensing scheme; state licensing applies only in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT (NSW Government update on labour hire regulation). TQN Personnel holds labour hire licences in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT for interstate work. In WA we meet the Fair Work Act, the WA Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and WorkCover WA requirements on every placement.
FAQs
Do recruitment agencies in WA need a licence?
Not a labour hire licence, because WA has no such scheme; licensing applies in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT. A WA provider still has to insure the workers it employs for workers compensation and comply with the WA Work Health and Safety Act 2020.
Can you recruit for remote WA sites?
Yes. We recruit for FIFO, DIDO and residential roles in regional WA. WorkSafe WA's FIFO code of practice gives even-time rosters such as one week on, one week off as examples of shorter rosters and warns that more compressed rosters can cause fatigue, so we make sure candidates understand the roster before they accept.
Which parts of WA do you cover?
We recruit throughout the state, with dedicated pages for Perth, Rockingham, Mandurah, Bunbury and Kalgoorlie. Roles elsewhere, including Pilbara and Goldfields sites, are handled by the same team.
How do I check a WA candidate's high risk work licence?
WorkSafe WA issues high risk work licences for classes such as forklift, dogging, rigging, scaffolding, cranes and elevating work platforms, and you must be over 18 to do high risk work. There is no licence class for haul trucks or dump trucks. We sight the licence and confirm the classes match the job before shortlisting.
What is the difference between recruitment and labour hire in WA?
Recruitment finds someone you employ directly, usually for a one-off fee. Labour hire means we employ the worker and supply them to your site, charging an hourly rate. Many WA employers use both: labour hire for peaks and shutdowns, recruitment for the permanent team.